It’s too bad they’re over so quickly, and there are no epic boss fights in these interplanetary shooter areas.īut it’s not all wine and roses. Finally, while they were completely throwaway in the Wii game, the interplanetary ship sections are very fun here, bringing to mind “bullet hell” shoot-‘em-ups. Life bars extend, offensive power increases, and attack combos increase as you collect experience orbs. Another nicety is that your character upgrades himself in a very noticeable way. This is still annoying, but it’s certainly a smoother transition than on the Wii. You still can’t switch from one alien to another on the fly, though you must transform back into Ben before going to a new alien form. Switching forms is handled far better on the DS: rather than having to cycle through available forms, you can just tap whatever form you want on the touch screen to transform into it. The control scheme is, for the most part, simplistic but effective. The worlds you visit are nicely divergent, too, and look significantly different from their Wii counterparts. It looks great, and every character features unique animations and attack sequences. The graphics are done in the style of an SNES Donkey Kong Country game, with pixelized versions of rendered character models and pre-rendered backgrounds.
Unfortunately, it’s also ridiculously short. The fighting isn’t much better, but the game sure looks beautiful. The DS version retains the core concept of switching alien forms to move through the environment, but does so as a 2D side-scroller.
Some of you may remember my recent review of the Wii version of Ben 10 Alien Force: Vilgax Attacks.
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